Arhama Siddiqa
Research Fellow
Areas of Research:
Middle East and North Africa
Ms. Arhama Siddiqa is currently working as a Research Fellow at Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) and is currently pursuing her PhD in International Relations from Quaid-e-Azam University. She graduated from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in 2013 with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Political Science and Economics and went on to complete an MA in International Political Economy from the University of Warwick in 2014. In 2017 she was awarded the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship, during which she was based at Conciliation Resources in the United Kingdom. She has also written for various publications including The Express Tribune, South Asian Voices, Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye and Al Jazeera Centre for Studies. She has also published in a number of Higher Education Commission verified journals and in 2024, she was also a paper presenter in the Gulf Research Meeting in Cambridge University, UK.
Report – Webinar on “Evolving Situation in the Middle East: Implications for the Region”
Issue Brief on “Assessing The Economic Crisis in Lebanon”
Issue Brief on “Vision 2030, Saudi Economy and Covid-19: An Assessment”
Report – Webinar on “Iran, Pakistan and South Asia under the Pandemic”
Pakistan: The Economy of an Elitist State, Husain, Ishrat. Oxford University Press, second Edition,...
Issue Brief on “US Caesar Act and Syrian Economic Despair”
Report – Webinar “Celebrating Africa Day”
Issue Brief on “Covid-19 and Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Challenges”
Issue Brief on “Demonstrations in Lebanon: Between Poverty and The Pandemic”
